VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-4520
xslt.c in libxslt before 1.1.25 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a stylesheet that embeds a DTD, which causes a structure to be accessed as a different type.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 2.29%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
xslt.c in libxslt before 1.1.25 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a stylesheet that embeds a DTD, which causes a structure to be accessed as a different type. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-2825.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.29% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- xmlsoft/libxslt
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/238Patch
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/239Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56072Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/99671
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849019Exploit, Patch
- https://gitorious.org/libxslt/libxslt/commit/7089a62b8f133b42a2981cf1f920a8b3fe9a8caaExploit, Patch
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131654-1.html
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131656-1.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/238Patch
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/239Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56072Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/99671
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849019Exploit, Patch
- https://gitorious.org/libxslt/libxslt/commit/7089a62b8f133b42a2981cf1f920a8b3fe9a8caaExploit, Patch
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131654-1.html
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131656-1.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.